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My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that.
Peter Capaldi

Meaning of "colourful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOURFUL

colourful  [ˈkʌləfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOURFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colourful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COLOURFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

colourful

Color

Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects or materials based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra. By defining a color space, colors can be identified numerically by their coordinates. Because perception of color stems from the varying spectral sensitivity of different types of cone cells in the retina to different parts of the spectrum, colors may be defined and quantified by the degree to which they stimulate these cells. These physical or physiological quantifications of color, however, do not fully explain the psychophysical perception of color appearance. The science of color is sometimes called chromatics, chromatography, colorimetry, or simply color science.

Definition of colourful in the English dictionary

The definition of colourful in the dictionary is having intense colour or richly varied colours. Other definition of colourful is vivid, rich, or distinctive in character.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOURFUL


careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
characterful
ˈkærɪktəfʊl
cheerful
ˈtʃɪəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
direful
ˈdaɪəfʊl
earful
ˈɪəfʊl
fearful
ˈfɪəfʊl
flavorful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
flavourful
ˈfleɪvəfʊl
humorful
ˈhjuːməfʊl
ireful
ˈaɪəfʊl
masterful
ˈmɑːstəfʊl
pleasureful
ˈplɛʒəfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
prayerful
ˈprɛəfʊl
saucerful
ˈsɔːsəfʊl
sneerful
ˈsnɪəfʊl
tearful
ˈtɪəfʊl
tumblerful
ˈtʌmbləfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOURFUL

colourability
colourable
colourableness
colourably
colourant
colouration
coloured
colourer
colourfast
colourfastness
colourfully
colourfulness
colouring
colouring book
colourisation
colourise
colouriser
colourist
colouristic
colouristically

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOURFUL

all-powerful
barful
carful
despairful
dipperful
drawerful
dropperful
humourful
jarful
odourful
pitcherful
quiverful
showerful
slumberful
superpowerful
terrorful
udderful
ultrapowerful
uncheerful
unfearful

Synonyms and antonyms of colourful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COLOURFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «colourful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of colourful

Translation of «colourful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOURFUL

Find out the translation of colourful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of colourful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colourful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

色彩鲜明的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lleno de colorido
570 millions of speakers

English

colourful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंगीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَوْنِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

красочный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colorido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coloré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berwarna-warni
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bunt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

色彩に富んだ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

색채가 다양한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Warni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sặc sỡ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்ணமயமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

renkli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colorato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barwny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

барвистий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colorat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύχρωμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleurvolle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

färgrik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fargerik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colourful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURFUL»

The term «colourful» is very widely used and occupies the 15.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colourful

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10 QUOTES WITH «COLOURFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word colourful.
1
Brian Blessed
My dream is to own a Hockney - I'm a Yorkshireman, and his vibrant colours are a good example of how the north-country people are vibrant and colourful.
2
Peter Capaldi
My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant life, which to some extent it was, but it wasn't really as colourful that.
3
Rebecca Hall
My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.
4
Owen Hart
They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
5
Georgia May Jagger
Roberto Cavalli is a great designer. The Just Cavalli brand is very sexy, young and cool. Each collection is very contemporary and colourful; it is clearly for the younger generation who wants to have a trendy look. It's the first fragrance that I have ever done, so it's a huge honour!
6
Carly Rae Jepsen
My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
7
Suzy Menkes
My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties in a bed of tissue inside a trunk.
8
Li Peng
Ours is a colourful and diversified world. It is also a complex one.
9
Peter Slipper
Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal.
10
Rod Stewart
I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOURFUL»

Discover the use of colourful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colourful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bo-Kaap: Colourful Heart of Cape Town
The Bo-Kaap contains a wealth of stories; of slavery and emancipation, far away exotic lands, food and spices, music and culture, and most of all everyday life.
Michael Hutchinson, 2006
2
The colourful past: origins, chemistry and identification of ...
An overview of well-known dyestuffs used for dyeing textiles, and the relation between dyestuffs and organic pigments in paintings and their historical relevance.
Judith H. Hofenk de Graaff, W. G. Th Roelofs, Maarten R. van Bommel, 2004
3
Colourful professors: 375 years of portraiture in the ...
The collection of these portraits, numbering some 1500, represents the history of the university, as well as the flamboyance and unconventionality of some of the Amsterdam scholars.
Ellinoor Bergvelt, Peter Jan Knegtmans, Marian Schilder, 2007
4
Creative Industries: Colourful Fabric in Multiple Dimensions
Editors Giep Hagoort and Rene Kooyman have collected in this volume several articles from their colleagues in the Faculty of Art and Economics at the Utrecht School of the Arts that set out the parameters of the field and explain their ...
Giep Hagoort, Rene Kooyman, 2009
5
A Colourful Death: A Cornish Mystery
But in A Colourful Death, the second Cornish Mystery from Carola Dunn, Eleanor isn’t leaving anything to chance—she starts doing a little investigating of her own, and soon learns that Nick is far from the only one with a compelling ...
Carola Dunn, 2010
6
Colourful Days
Discover a world of flowers and balloons, while learning about colours, in this highly pictorial story, with lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading.
DK, 2013
7
Ashley's Colourful World
Moriah Kletinich. Ashley's. Colourful. World. Moriah Kletinich Copyright © 2011 by Moriah Kletinich. ISBN: Softcover 9781465395191 Ebook.
Moriah Kletinich, 2011
8
Handmade Baskets: From Nature's Colourful Materials
Vaughan offers a fascinating, step-by-step description of how to make a delightful selection of strong, attractive baskets, mostly using materials which have been gathered from woods, gardens, and hedges.
Susie Vaughan, 2006
9
It Takes All Sorts: Celebrating Cricket's Colourful Characters
A personal selection of Peter's favourite cricket characters past and present, written in his own inimitable style and from his vantage point as both player and commentator.
Peter Roebuck, 2005
10
Colourful Palpa: Its Potential for Tourism
On Palpa District of Nepal.
Ananda P. Shrestha, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOURFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colourful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mira Rajput's outfit perfectly complements her colourful personality …
New Delhi: Fashion designer Anita Dongre says she created a yellow and peach ethnic ensemble for actor Shahid Kapoor's bride-to-be Mira ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
2
Colourful times that deserve to continue
It was sure colourful at yesterday's public function. Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi took the colourful theme seriously when ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Colourful showing from Cambourne's Danny White
Danny White used all his knowledge of the track to claim 6 for 7 and lead Cambourne II to victory against Dullingham in Mr Cricket CCA Junior ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
4
Back to school: A look at the fresh, fun and colourful gear for all ages
This photo provided by Staples shows The Big Pen, a pencil case that looks like a pen or pencil and actually writes. The cases include a pencil ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
5
Colourful monsoon cocktails straight from Kentucky
Cocktail lovers can take their pick from drinks like Bourbon LIIT and Apple Jim this monsoon as Jim Beam brings to you delightful cocktails. «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Two colourful new hair crazes: Would you rock sand art or merman …
Two colourful new hair crazes: Would you rock sand art or merman hair ... of bringing back little bottles of colourful, layered sand from holiday. «Frome Standard, Jul 15»
7
Explore Italy's colourful Cinque Terre on foot
Good walking shoes are advisable. A good camera is a must. Head to Cinque Terre, those five centuries-old hamlets clinging to the rugged ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
8
I Want To Live In This Colourful Maze Made From Sheets Of Plastic
This year's Pavilion just opened to the public as a colourful, cacophonous labyrinth — with a secret cafe at the centre. When can I move in? «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 15»
9
Colourful Pride parade brightens downtown Victoria
Government Street was lined with thousands of onlookers as colourful floats pumping out music and energy sailed toward their final destination ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
10
Inverclyde group take part in colourful 5k in memory of worker's …
Inverclyde group take part in colourful 5k in memory of worker's parents. Published: 6 Jul 2015 16:00. A TEAM of volunteers ran through an explosion of colour in ... «Greenock Telegraph, Jul 15»

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